Pigeons : the fascinating saga of the world's most revered and reviled bird
Title:
Pigeons : the fascinating saga of the world's most revered and reviled bird
Author:
Blechman, Andrew D., author
ISBN:
9780802143280
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
244 pages ; 24 cm.
Contents:
Introduction: Pigeonholed -- Old cocks -- Through rain, sleet, and ... a hail of bullets -- Drs. Frankenstein -- Evolution, peapods, and pigeons -- Dr. Pigeon, I presume? -- Pull! -- Inside the cuckoo clock -- Flying rats -- Mike and me -- Great expectations -- The old bird's birds -- The breast farm -- The main event -- They had no choice.
Abstract:
A study of pigeons and the people who both love and loathe them examines the natural history of this ubiquitous bird and explores the world of pigeon racing and breeding, and the radical "pro-pigeon underground" in New York City.
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